Psalm 74:13 “You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dra…”

Psalm 74:13

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

World English Bible

You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

American Standard Version

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou didest deuide the sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Darby Translation

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea -[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,

Bible in Basic English

The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

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Cross references

“divide”

Exodus 14:21 Psalm 78:13 Psalm 66:6 Psalm 136:13–18 Nehemiah 9:11 Psalm 106:8

Exodus 14:21 · BSB

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Psalm 78:13 · BSB

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

Psalm 66:6 · BSB

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

Psalm 136:13–18 · BSB

He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.

Nehemiah 9:11 · BSB

You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Psalm 106:8 · BSB

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

“brakest”

Ezekiel 29:3 Exodus 14:28 Isaiah 51:9 Isaiah 51:10

Ezekiel 29:3 · BSB

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

Exodus 14:28 · BSB

The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Isaiah 51:10 · BSB

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

“dragons”

Ezekiel 32:2

Ezekiel 32:2 · BSB

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

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